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- A Broken System: Why There Is So Much Error in Capital Cases - Academic study from the Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform's Justice Project examining the propensity for mistakes in death penalty sentencing and proposing an array of solutions.
justice.policy.net/cjreform/dpstudy
- Advice For Teens in Trouble - Features questions and answers from Death Row, including personal stories of victims and execution dates of prisoners.
www.wild-side.com/darksorrow/indexds.html
- Chicago Tribune: Failure of the Death Penalty in Illinois - The newspaper's investigation resulted in five stories of failures in the Illinois capital punishment system.
www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-deathillinoisseries.special
- Chicago Tribune: State of Execution - Two-part story of investigation into the use of the death penalty in Texas, plus links to related stories. Registration required.
www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-000611dptexas-special.special
- Chicago Tribune: Trial & Error - A five-part Tribune investigation that found 381 people who had homicide verdicts overturned because of prosecutor misconduct since 1963. Published in January, 1999.
www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-020103trial-gallery.storygallery
- Cruel, but Not Unusual, Judicial Mischief - Fraudulent constitutional interpretations by the Supreme Court have led to legions of extra murder victims.
tempknak.home.att.net/YoHoHo.html
- Deadly Questions (infoplease.com) - Report on capital punishment raises renewed questions.
www.infoplease.com/spot/deathpenalty2.html
- Death Penalty - Eugene Colvin-El - The death penalty and the state of Maryland.
www.advocate611.com/Sunpape0.htm
- Death Row in the Philippines - The controversy over the death penalty in the Philippines by reporter Ron Gluckman
www.gluckman.com/Death'Penalty.htm
- Donahue Wants Televised Executions - Article about Phil Donahue's recent call for live, televised executions.
talkshows.about.com/library/weekly/aa112699.htm
- HowStuffWorks: How Lethal Injection Works - Illustrated article showing the complete lethal injection procedure.
www.howstuffworks.com/lethal-injection.htm
- The Aztecs Reasons for Human Sacrifice - Analysis of Aztec culture and how it relates to modern-day death penalty.
www.advocate611.com/Aztecs.htm
- The Electric Chair - Gory details about the use of the electric chair as a form of capital punishment.
www.theelectricchair.com
- The Pierrepoints - A gateway to the lives and the executions of the Pierrepoint family, Britain's most prolific hangmen.
www.pierrepoint.co.uk
- Washington Post Special Report: The Death Penalty Reconsidered - Continuing coverage with news and commentary, transcripts, video, Supreme Court cases, opponents and supporters.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/specials/socialpolicy/deathpenalty/index.html
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